[3830] Rus DX KB1H(N2TTA) SO Mixed HP

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                    Russian DX Contest

Call: KB1H
Operator(s): N2TTA
Station: KB1H

Class: SO Mixed HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Countries  Oblasts
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  160:   10      0        6         0
   80:  159     54       41        13
   40:  208      0       42        13
   20:  432    388       66        43
   15:   15      0        8         0
   10:    1      0        1         0
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Total:  825    442      164        69  Total Score = 1,612,360

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

KB1H writing this:

		Yuri, N2TTA, arrived Friday night about midnight after a 6 hour
		ride from Brooklyn, NY to NE Connecticut. It had snowed all day
		and then had turned to an ice storm. We lost power a number of
		times during the night but fortunately power was on for good at  the start of
the contest.

		Yuri has cried many times for a SO2R setup which once again I 
		failed to provide. I promise to start to work on making this a
		reality soon. Yuri started the contest with a "forfeit" feeling
		to all the SO2R operations. This contest has become very popular
		and it looks like the SO2R way is the only way to be at the top.
		Yuri won North America last year and it looked like a repeat would
		be difficult. 

		High SWR on the upper 20M antenna due to ice limited options on
		band. It's 1 P.M. local time Sunday and the antenna is still    iced up and
high SWR.

		Well, about 300 more QSOs, a few multipliers and 500,000 points
		more than last year but alas not a win. Great job by K3WW and a 
		few others who did not make many more QSOs but definitely more
		multipliers. SO2R advantage? Maybe. I guess.

		Yuri is a phenomenal operator considering he has been contesting
		only a few years. Hosting guest operators has the enjoyment of
		watching operators grow in skills. The station here doesn't get 
		guest operators that are trying to set world records but rather 
		the station is almost like a "breeder" operation. I have seen
		and heard novice operators go from 5 WPM to become good contestors.
		A favorite story is listening to N1XS while gardening and how
		painful the early years were. Chris quickly became one of the 
		better ops here. Or KB1DFB going from hanging around the station
		for years and then getting his license and now a familiar call
		in the VHF/UHF contest from here.
		
		Next up CQWW WPX SSB. We will be passing out NZ1U multiplier
		in a limited operation. 

		73 - Dick - KB1H


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